Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1887-02-25
SHALL WE BORE!
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The letter of MIR. Adams on the natural
gas question is worthy OF consideration
from all who desire information upon the
subject. Prof. Orion says that gas and oil
in paying quantities have not been found
in the Northwestern Ohio fields at any
point where the Trenton limestone lies
more than 500 feet below the level Of the
sea. The wells bored since he published
that statement bear it out, and Mr..
Adams gives several examples. II tins
statement proves TO be n general law, then
there is obviously not the slightest use in
boring for gas in and near Toledo.
There is one fact that il neglected or
overlooked or not understood yet by
great many good people IN this vicinity,
and that is, that the Huron shale, which
nnderlays the greater portion of the state
of Ohio, aud is in this section from 500 to
700 feet from the surface, produces both
gas and oil in small quantities. The old
arlesian well at the corner of Adams and
Thirteenth streets In this city reaches this
shale, and the gas comes from it. The gas
at the rolling-mill we'll is also from this
stratum. Gas and oil are never found in
il in quantities large enough to make it
commercially available. No doubt the gas
that comes 10 the surface at several points
along the river in or near the city is from
the rhale also. The large supplies OF gas
are always from the Trenton limestone,
which lies 600 or 700 feet deeper than the
Huron slale.
These facts being understood, let ns 60
back TO Prof. Ortons statement. Here
The question to be solved is, have enough
| wells been bored to prove that his gener-
alization is correct? IL is our Impression
that there Is not a well in which gas has
been found in paying quantities IN which
the Trenton limestone is not higher than
500 feet below the sea level, and that all
wells in which IL IL found at a greater
TO think that the law is established.
But there is another and a very import
ant TACT TO be considered, and that is that
the Trenton limestone lies in great waves
or flexures. There il one OF these huge
swells underneath the Fudlay gas field. or
MS MIR. Adams puts it, n "mounlain." Tie
slope is in this direction. Bowling Green
appenre TO be just at the limit of The area
In ON this mountain-top IN which the gas
Is stored. Coming this way, we are de-
cending the slope INTO the valley, and
there is no gas. The thing TO do ia to find
by boring, the next elevation in the 1ren-
ton. This side OF Bowling Green there il
a valley in the Trenton formation; where
shall we fnd the upward swell on this side
Of the valley?
This is question that only the drill can
answer. il II 10 the westward or north
ward OF the Findlay mountain. We have
not the data TO determine the level below
the sea OF the Trenton nj the South Toledo
we'll, aud at the three or four bored in this
city. II we had them comparison might
show whether The Trenton bpgina It's rise,
as compared with the Perry sbnrg well. II
IL dose, the chances would be better for
wells in the direction Of the ri-e. The
more wells That are bored IN this section,
the better able we will be TO discover The
direction In which the drill would be likely
10 find the "monntain" on this side of the
valley in tie Trenton.
II any Of our readers have The figures
showing The depth Of the Trenton below
the sea level at South Toledo or at any
well in Toledo. we should be glad to pub.
| lisi them.